My friend Stu returned from California with a nice haul of “West Coast” beers not available in S. Florida. His philosophy is that good beer is meant to be shared, so he invited a small handful of friends to his backyard for a great beer tasting on Saturday.

The Beer "Waiting Room"

Above is what I called the Beer “Waiting Room”. This is a photo before more beer was added as guests arrived.

I have listed the beers in the Order we drank them. Our method of picking our next beer was very random. We would just go to the beer “Waiting Room” stick in our hand and pull out a beer, most of the time not knowing what we were going to pull out. It actually worked out quite well this way, as you will see the styles did vary and kept palate fatigue at bay. We were able to taste 21 different beers style from the 26 beers we had.

Note: This is a good session type brew. It goes down very smooth with the spices very well balanced. This isn’t a “hop bomb” as you might think by reading the label nor is it over spiced. It is an enjoyable brew.

Well I’m more than half way there on my quest for a Christmas beer a day from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This is the 15th of my daily Christmas/Winter beers which I will be having until Christmas. There are now only 14 more beers until Christmas!

Note: This is more of a sipper than a drinker. I think I would have enjoyed this better after dinner then pairing it with a meal. With that said it is still very drinkable and improved as the beer warmed in the glass.